A whimsical ode to JavaOne

Now look at them coders, that's the way you do itYou code in Groovy in that IDEThat ain't workin' that's the way you do itGet your lines of code for nothin' get your screens for freeNow that ain't workin' that's the way you do itLemme tell ya them dudes are coolMaybe write twenty lines for your domain classesAnd a closure for a business rule

See that dude ahacking with the iPhone and the macbookYeah buddy did you see his carThat dude just rewrote ebay on his laptopThat dude ahacking he's a real rockstar

We gotta follow enterprise standardsWe gotta fill out those change requestsWe gotta wait for the specificationsIn scope, in budget, and on schedule

I shoulda learned to code in GroovyI shoulda learned to code in GrailsLook at that dude, he just rewrote Twitter in a demoMan he makes my code look paleAnd he's up there, what's that? database persistence?Just typing in your field names in an IDEThat ain't workin' that's the way you do itGet your lines of code for nothin' get your screens for free

Now that ain't workin' that's the way you do itYou play with Groovy in your IDEThat ain't workin' that's the way you do itLines of code for nothin' get your screens for freeLines of code for nothin' get your screens for free